Weather-strip.



No. 844,656. PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907.

' F. J. BOEHLEH.

WEATHER STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28, 1906.

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WEATHER-STRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed June 28, 1906. Serial No. 323.890.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK J. BOEHLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Republic, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful feather-Strip, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has relation to weatherstrips; and it consists in thenovel construction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter shownand described.

The object of the invention is to provide a Weather-strip adapted to beapplied to the lower edge of a hinged door, said strip being providedwith a hinged plate or tongue which is spring-actuated and held in ahorizontal position when the door is out of engagement with thedoor-jamb and which is forced into an inclined position along the outerside of the threshold when the door is in engagement with the door-jamb. Said tongue is hinged to a strip, the lower inner end of which isprovided with a groove which is entered by the inner edge of the tonguewhen the door is closed, thus effectually closing the crack between thelower edge of the door and the top of the threshold and preventing theentrance of air. Said strip is provided with a channel in which isfulerumed a lever. One end of said lever is connected by means of a linkwith an eye located upon the tongue in advance of the hinged pointsthereof. A longitudinallymovable rod is pivoted at its end to the otherend of said lever. A spring engages said rod and has a tendency tomaintain the outer end of the rod extended as far as possible beyond theend of the strip. The outer end of said rod is provided with alongitudinally-adjustable cap. l/Vhen the door is closed, the said capcomes in contact with the door-j amb and moves the said rodlongitudinally, which in turn through its connections forces down theouter edge of the tongue in the manner as above described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thebottom of a door with the weather-strip attached thereto. Fig. 2 is atransverse sectional view of the lower part of the door and theweather-strip. Fig. 3 is a rear view of a portion of the weather-strip.Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse section of the strip.

The strip 1 is attached to the outside of the door 2 near the lower edgeof the same. The lower inner edge of the strip 1 is grooved, as at 3.The plate or tongue 4 is hinged at points intermediate of itslongitudinal edges to the edge of said strip 1, the hinged points of thetongue 4 occurring just at the lower outer edge of the groove 3 of thestripl. The inner face of the strip 1 is provided with alongitudinally-extending channel 5. The perforated plate 6 is located inthe strip 1 and extends transversely across the channel 5, theperforation of the said plate 1 being in alinement with the longitudinalaxis of the said channel. The lever 7 is fulcrumcd in the channel 5 andis at all times housed within the same. The link Spivotally connects oneend of the lever 7 with the eye 9, said eye in turn being attached tothe tongue 4 in advance of the pivotal points 10 thereof.

The rod 11 is pivoted at its inner end to the other end of the lever.Said rod passes through the perforations of the plate 6 and terminatesapproximately at the end of the strip 1. The said end of the said rod isprovided with thelongitudinally-adjustable cap 12, which is adapted toengage the jamb of the door 2 when the said door is closed. Theadjustable nut 13 is secured upon the rod 11, and the coil-spring 14 isinterposed between said nut and the plate 6. The tension of the spring14 is such as to have a tendency to project the free end of the rod 11as far as possible beyond the end of the strip 1. By adj usting theposition of the nut 13 the tension of the said spring 14 may beregulated. The screw 16, which forms the fulcrum for the lever 7 alsoserves as one of the attachingscrews, by means of which the strip 1 isfixed to the face of the door.

From the foregoing description it is obvious that when the door 2 isclosed the cap 12 comes in contact with the side of the doorjamb, andthe rod 1 1 is moved longitudinally against the tension of the spring14. The lever 7 is rocked upon its fulcrum, and the end thereof to whichthe link 8 is attached is depressed. The said link engaging the eye 9,which is located upon the tongue 4 in advance of the hinge-points 10thereof, positively depresses the outer edges of the said tongue, whichpasses down along the outer sides of the threshold. At the same time theinner edge of the tongue 4 passes up along the curved side 18 of thegroove 3 and seats itself against the flat face of the strip of packing17, attached to the opposite side of the said groove. Thus the spacebetween the lower edge of the door 2 and the upper surface of thethreshold is closed and air cannot pass tln'ough the same.

edge of the tongue 4 is in elevated position in It is also obvious thatwhen the door is opened I and the cap 12 is carried away from the jainbthe tension of spring 14 moves the rod 11 longitudinally in an outwarddirection, which in turn through its connections, as above described,moves the tongue 4: into a horizontal position. As the lower face of thetongue 4 when in horizontal position is flush with the lower edge of thedoor 2, the tongue will escape the upper surface of the threshold andwill not interfere with the opening of the door.

It will be observed that when the inner the groove 3 that the said edgeof the tongue is in close proximity to the curved side 18 of the groove,and the possibility of air passing through at such place is removed. Theinner edge of the said tongue 4 moves along the said curved side 18 ofthe groove 3 and bears laterally against the packing l7 As the saidpacking is of a yielding nature, it assures close contact of the loweredge of the tongue with the threshold. I

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the character described comprising a strip, a tonguehinged to the strip, a lever fulcrumed to the strip, means operativelyconnecting one end of said lever with said tongue, alongitudinally-movable rod 10- cated in the strip and connected at oneend with said lever and projecting at its opposite end beyond the end ofthe strip, said projecting end of the rod being threaded a guide attached to the strip and receiving said rod, a cap engaging the thread ofthe projecting end of said strip, a'nut engaging the thread of saidstrip and a coil-spring interposed between said nut and said guide.

2. A device of the character indicated comprising a strip having in itsunder side a groove, one side of which lies in a plane and the otherside of which describes an arc struck from a center located at the edgeof the first said side, a fibrous material located against the planeside of said groove, a tongue hinged at intermediate points at the edgeof the plane side of said groove, the edge of said tongue moving inclose contact with the arcuate side of the groove, a lever fulcrumed inthe strip and being operatively connected with said tongue and aspring-actuated rod located in the strip and being connected with saidlever at one end and projecting beyond the end of the strip at the otherend.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afliXedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK J. BOEHLER.

WVitnesses:

PHILIP KERN, GEORGE LAMBRIGHT.

